Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Government

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 06 sept. 2026

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09/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 371

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:13

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
32	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
36	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
39	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
40	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
43	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
45	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
46	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
50	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
52	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
53	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
54	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
55	The Weston Way	City of Weston	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
57	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
58	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
59	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
60	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
62	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
63	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
64	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
65	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
68	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
71	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
72	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
73	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
74	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
75	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
76	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
77	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
79	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Details temporarily unavailable	Unknown	Government	20	N/A	N/A
81	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
82	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
83	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
84	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	32
85	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
86	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
87	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
88	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
89	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
90	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
91	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
92	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
93	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
94	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
95	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
96	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
97	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
98	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
99	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
100	The Weston Way	The City of Weston	Government	16	N/A	N/A

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